a16z — VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it's odd that the VC industry itself has so stubbornly resisted change. — Two years ago I wrote a post where I argued that innovative new VC firms are finally starting to change this:

Google after antitrust: The good, the bad, and the ugly — U.S. and European antitrust regulators are poised to crack down on the dominant search company. What changes to Google search might the cases trigger? — Tim Carter was blindsided when his home-improvement site AsktheBuilder.com fell …

Exclusive: Internal Videos Show Why Microsoft Kin Cratered — Do you remember the Microsoft Kin? It's okay if you don't-Microsoft certainly would like for you to forget it ever existed. Kin was a family of phones from Microsoft that launched to much fanfare in 2010, sold incredibly poorly …

Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May — SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 - Intel Corporation today announced that the company's president and CEO, Paul Otellini, has decided to retire as an officer and director at the company's annual stockholders' meeting in May …

How to Get Startup Ideas — The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. — The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want …

The Depressing Day After You Get TechCrunched — If you're a first-time reader, you can get future posts by subscribing via email or following me on Twitter. — Note: This post is loosely based on our experience 2 years ago when TechCrunch covered Yipit's launch.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD review (8.9-inch, 4G LTE) — What a difference a generation makes. While the original Kindle Fire impressed, there was only one thing that really made it worth considering: it was cheap. Really cheap. But, when we got our hands on the 7-inch …

Google wants to take on Apple with an open AirPlay alternative — Google is working on an open alternative to Apple's AirPlay, and it's hoping to bring a number of device and software vendors on board to provide the industry with an open technology to exchange data between second screens and TV-connected devices.

Disney Pulls Plug On Online Movie Service — Disney Movies Online will cease to exist at the end of the year, Disney announced today. The little-known Internet movie service will close as of December 31, said the company in an email to users and on the site.